Sunday, November 02, 2008

Shorts

There have not been any shareable stories lately, but I'd like to move on past my "debriefing", so here are some shorts from this weekend.

Friday night was Halloween. It was also a gorgeous day in the Peg city. As soon as I got home, I changed into jeans and headed out for a walk. I stopped at Sergeant Sundae for a Pumpkin Pie soft ice cream cone. It was worth every penny of the mere $1.95 I paid for it. I managed to make additional stops at Blockbuster and the library before returning home with enough time to carve my pumpkin before sunset. Here is a picture of said pumpkin:



My first trick or treater of the night was a half-pint dressed as Tigger. I almost missed him because I didn't hear him say "Trick or treat!" and he went to my side door instead of my front door, where I was anticipating the little goblins. I wish it wasn't weird to take pictures of the little kids, because I totally would have taken some. The other memorable cute kid was a little girl dressed as a lion. She came with her brother and after I doled out the candy, she just stood there on my step, looking up at me with her big, sad eyes. I don't know, maybe she had a thorn in her paw? Her brother had a light saber and nearly took my eye out with it. I had 12 kids in total, which leaves a lot of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for me to do something with.

Saturday was another beautiful day, so I went for a run in the park. I was super glad I got in some exercise that day because later I went to Lisa's place where we made up a plate of nachos, complete with home-made guacamole and salsa. As Lisa said, it was probably the best plate of nachos we'd had in the city yet. I had to admit that I missed the loud bar crowd that usually goes with the dish.

Sunday--another beautiful day and so, another run. Later, cookie baking and house cleaning. I quite enjoyed the time change right up until 4:30 pm when I realized the sun was started to go down. Seriously? It's going to be dark by five now? That just bites.

I put the pumpkin in my fridge at the end of Friday night. I have good intentions to roast and puree it, as I did last year. Right now though it just makes me laugh to see this cute face smiling up at me every time I open the door.

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